Yamhill-Carlton AVA wineries and tasting rooms
The Coast Range foothills wrap around Carlton and Yamhill in a rough horseshoe, and that shape is the whole reason the AVA exists: it blocks enough marine air to run warmer and drier than the rest of the northern Willamette Valley, on ground the federal designation caps between 200 and 1,000 feet. Growers here work Willakenzie soil at its oldest: uplifted marine sandstone and siltstone laid down some 40 to 45 million years ago, among the oldest parent material anywhere in the valley.
The AVA became official in 2004 as "Yamhill-Carlton District," then dropped the "District" in 2010 once the name had stuck. Shea Wine Cellars is one of its oldest working vineyards, planted in 1989 by Dick and Deirdre Shea and now 280 acres; the Sheas sell roughly 80% of their Pinot Noir fruit to other producers, which means a lot of bottles carrying other labels are quietly Yamhill-Carlton wine underneath. At Belle Pente, the estate's shallow Willakenzie block sits on land that was an Italian plum orchard until the Columbus Day Storm flattened it in October 1962; it's been dry-farmed and organic since 2000.
WillaKenzie Estate took its name directly from the soil underneath its 420 acres, which is as good a summary as any of how central the dirt is to this AVA's identity. What's now 127 vineyards and 63 wineries across nearly 2,850 planted acres started with growers betting that pale, mineral-driven marine sediment could make red wine as well as any red volcanic hillside could.
The wineries below are all working some stretch of that horseshoe, part of the wider Willamette Valley. Taste a Yamhill-Carlton Pinot against one from the Jory soils in Dundee Hills just east to hear the difference sediment makes.
- Wineries
- 82
- Top varieties
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, Sparkling, Pinot Gris, Red Blend, Riesling, Other
- Walk-ins welcome
- 60%
- Dog-friendly
- 60%
Abbey Road Farm
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Abbott Claim
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Acorn to Oak Wine Experience
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine experience
Anne Amie Vineyards
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Atticus Wine
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Beacon Hill Winery & Vineyard
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Belle Pente
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Black Dog Vineyard
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Boedecker Cellars Winery, Bottle Shop & Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro
Burner Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Caelestis Cellars
Portland Metro
Carlton Hill Vineyard and Winery
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cathedral Ridge Winery, Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Constant Crush Wine
Willamette Valley
Craft Wine Co.
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Day Wines at Day Camp
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Domaine Lumineux
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Domaine Roy & fils
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge at Sentinel
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Dominio IV Wines
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Dusky Goose Rambouillet Estate Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley
EIEIO & Company
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Elk Cove Vineyards
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Et Fille Wines Tasting Room
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Flâneur
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Fullerton Wine Bar and Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Furioso Vineyards
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Golden Cluster
Portland · Portland Metro
Goodfellow Family Cellars
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Gran Moraine
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Holocene Wines
Hillsboro · Willamette Valley
J.L. Kiff Vineyard
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
K & M Wines
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Kason Vineyards
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Ken Wright Cellars Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Kramer Vineyards
Gaston · Willamette Valley
La Randonnée
Hillsboro · Portland Metro
Landlines Estates
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Laurel Ridge Winery
Carlton · Willamette Valley
LAVINEA in Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Lemelson Vineyards
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Limited Addition Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Manzanita NW: Winery Tasting Room & Wine Bar
Portland · Portland Metro
Marshall Davis Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
MonksGate Vineyard & Wines
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Penner-Ash Wine Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Pike Road Wines
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Portland Wine Company Home of Love & Squalor Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
PROJECT Wines at the Carlton Winemakers Studio
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Purple Hands Urban Winery and Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Remy Wines Tasting Room
Dayton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Rizzo Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
ROCKY POINT CELLARS
Carlton · Willamette Valley
ROCO Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Résolu Cellars – Craft Wine Bar + Production
Hillsboro · Willamette Valley
Résonance
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Saffron Fields Vineyard
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
SchöneTal Cellars
Salem · Willamette Valley
Shea Wine Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Siltstone Wines Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Sip & Savor
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Sokol Blosser Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Soléna Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Soter Vineyards – Mineral Springs Ranch
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Stag Hollow
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Stephen Goff Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Sylvanus Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Tendril Wine Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
The Grove: Featuring Montinore Estate & Landlines Estates
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
The Portland Wine Bar and Winery Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro
The Winery at Manzanita
Manzanita · Oregon Coast
The Winery at Manzanita – Bend
Bend · Central Oregon
Trathen Hall Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Tres Colline Vineyards
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Varnum Vintners
Amity · Willamette Valley
WildAire
Carlton · Willamette Valley
WillaKenzie Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Willful Wines
Portland · Portland Metro